Hey everyone so glad to finally join up. I've been learning for some time in this forum.
Ok, I replaced a silcock last night. sweated the 1/2" copper pipe to the silcock no problem. Then I had to get dirty and sweat an elbow (90) on to the existing pipe and new silcock pipe. Well needless to say it was extremely close to my Floor joists so I put some tin foil between my pipe and the wood.
It was extremely hard to work with so I took a deep breath and started to heat up the elbow. After a bit of time the first joint sucked in the solder pretty good, then next to do the other joint on the (90). Well i couldn't see well and I made a freakin mess. It looked bad but I thought I probably got the job done.
Well, you guessed it I turned the water on and psssssssss out came the water out of a couple of small holes or voids that didn't take. In my horror I immediatly shut the valve off of the water line and preceded to reflux the joint and heated up the elbow till it started to turn the flame a greenish tint. Then I melted more soder around the joint and wiped it clean.
Turned on the water and NO LEAKS! This morning still no leaks. My question is. Is what I did ok?? Will I have problems down the road??
Thanks in advance,
Rich
Ok, I replaced a silcock last night. sweated the 1/2" copper pipe to the silcock no problem. Then I had to get dirty and sweat an elbow (90) on to the existing pipe and new silcock pipe. Well needless to say it was extremely close to my Floor joists so I put some tin foil between my pipe and the wood.
It was extremely hard to work with so I took a deep breath and started to heat up the elbow. After a bit of time the first joint sucked in the solder pretty good, then next to do the other joint on the (90). Well i couldn't see well and I made a freakin mess. It looked bad but I thought I probably got the job done.
Well, you guessed it I turned the water on and psssssssss out came the water out of a couple of small holes or voids that didn't take. In my horror I immediatly shut the valve off of the water line and preceded to reflux the joint and heated up the elbow till it started to turn the flame a greenish tint. Then I melted more soder around the joint and wiped it clean.
Turned on the water and NO LEAKS! This morning still no leaks. My question is. Is what I did ok?? Will I have problems down the road??
Thanks in advance,
Rich